David Curbelo explained during his online presentation his research entitled: "Seasonal and spatial variability of the CO2 system parameters in surface waters of the Northeast Atlantic based on measurements from a surface ocean observation platform".

Visiting speaker Pedro Vélez Belchí of the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) gave a presentation on “The canary intermediate poleward current: not another poleward current” on 18th December in the conference room of the Basics Sciences Building on the Tafira Campus.
A summary of the research work reads as follows:

Visiting speaker Yvonne Firing from Southampton's National Oceanography Centre gave a presentation on “Trends and variability in Antarctic Circumpolar Current deep and bottom waters” on 17th December in the conference room of the Basics Sciences Building on the Tafira Campus.
A summary, courtesy of NOC, reads:

The second online presentation of 19th June was given by Inés Hernández García who explained her research entitled: "Spatio-temporal variability from large to mesoscale oceanographic features off Northwest Africa by numerical modelling validated with in-situ observations. The Cape Verde Frontal Zone".

On Friday 19th June, the second session of thesis presentations took place online via the platform Microsoft Teams. The first of two presentations was given by Javier Berdún Quevedo on "Temporal dynamics of Trichodesmium spp. in the Canary Islands: origin, development and disappearance of blooms". A Summary of Javier's work can be located by clicking .

As programmed, Néstor Marrero was able to deliver his presentation on Microsoft Teams and we can now upload a few of the interesting transparencies that accompanied his talk. The presentation, which lasted just over 20 minutes, was given in English.

Thesis presentations by PhD students usually held in Taliarte are once more up and running, this time online. María Couret, whose research is entitled "Seasonal variations in the abundance, biomass and diversity of the zooplankton and micronecton communities" was the first to present her work for this subject via the Microsoft Teams platform and completed it with a Powerpoint presentation to illustrate her arguments and data collection. The presentation, which came across very well despite some acoustic interference, was given in English.

As programmed, on Friday 24th January 2020, Abdallahi Limam was able to present his initial work and plans relative to his thesis entitled "Resources in the mesopelagic zone off the west-African coast: Implications for carbon flux". Once again, the abstract of his study can be accessed .

The seminar program in Taliarte for the academic year 2018-2019 came to a close last Friday, 7th June, with a presentation by Fabio de Paoli, during which he talked about his research work to date on "Biogeomorphological processes in the interaction between aeolian and slope systems in arid environments of volcanic islands".

May 24th saw the turn of Paula Santiago Díaz to present her thesis in Taliarte and she explained the work behind: "Determination of polyphenols, amino acids and other metabolites in microalgae and their exuded material". More information on her studies can be found on the Doycag website .